I don't know about all analogue video systems, but certainly PAL and the NTSC colour systems are lower bandwidth systems (less detail in the picture) compared to the same video signal that contains only monochrome picture information.
And many digital formats continued with the colour components having less data compared to the monochrome component.
The trouble with the 8 bit, 16/32 bit and similar home computer systems of the 1980s and 1990s, is that the pixels are square/rectangular and relatively large (compared to the gradual tones of an analogue picture) and hence individually visible. So a lower resolution colour system will also be just as visible.
There has been a discussion for some time, go for a low resolution but lots and lots of shades and colours so that adjacent pixels of similar colours/shades "merge" together OR a very high resolution but a limited number of colours (more colours can be "created" by using stipple type effects)?
Mark
And many digital formats continued with the colour components having less data compared to the monochrome component.
The trouble with the 8 bit, 16/32 bit and similar home computer systems of the 1980s and 1990s, is that the pixels are square/rectangular and relatively large (compared to the gradual tones of an analogue picture) and hence individually visible. So a lower resolution colour system will also be just as visible.
There has been a discussion for some time, go for a low resolution but lots and lots of shades and colours so that adjacent pixels of similar colours/shades "merge" together OR a very high resolution but a limited number of colours (more colours can be "created" by using stipple type effects)?
Mark
Statistics: Posted by 1024MAK — Mon Jan 13, 2025 11:34 pm